Keith Olbermann and Bev Harris

Of course nobody is reading this little journal, but "nobody" might bewondering about my opinion in the Keith Olbermann "versus" Bev Harrisflap. It's not something that interests me greatly, but I felt aresponsibility to do some investigating. If forced to take sides,given just what I know at this moment, I would take the side of BevHarris.

There is a form of soft bigotry, in which what seems assertive, if comingfrom a man, is considered "bitchy" when coming from a woman. Thissoft bigotry may play a role in the Olbermann-Harris situation. As ateenager I was in the CETA job training program, and during aninitial orientation and evaluation period was tricked into revealingmy bigotry. We were broken into groups and given some task, but theulterior purpose of the lesson was to show how men would muscle outthe women. I was the worst, as the justifiably angry instructordemonstrated to the class.

Move forward twenty-something years, to today. Several of my nation'ssoldiers are in trouble for their involvement in George W. Bush'storture chambers and rape rooms. Who gets most of the mediaattention? Lynndie England. Why? Mainly because she's a woman,that's why. We are immersed in this soft bigotry. It is a kind ofenvironmental pollution that slowly damages us.